John Roach, Esq. | September 29, 2026 | Car Accidents
On Monday afternoon, September 28, 2026, a driver struck a pedestrian at the intersection of Anza Street and Arguello Boulevard in San Francisco’s Inner Richmond. Police logged the collision at about 2:08 p.m. Officers from Richmond Station rendered aid at the scene, and paramedics took… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 29, 2026 | Attorney Tips \ California Law
Your medical bills add up to a number. Your pain doesn’t come with an invoice. That gap — between what an injury costs on paper and what it actually took from you — is the entire subject of California Civil Jury Instruction 3905A, and it… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 29, 2026 | All Things Trial \ California Law
If you were badly hurt in an accident in San Francisco or anywhere in California, the number on the verdict form or arbitration award is not the whole recovery. Court costs, expert fees and, in a personal injury case, 10% interest can add tens of… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 28, 2026 | All Things Trial \ Brain Injuries \ Car Accidents
The early imaging in this case was about as clear as brain injury imaging gets — a subdural hematoma that showed up plainly on the first scan, not a borderline read that could have gone either way. That didn’t stop the insurance company from opening… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 24, 2026 | California Law
On the afternoon of September 23, a man was stabbed on a Muni bus near 10th and Mission Streets. The San Francisco Chronicle reported, citing SFPD, that the stabbing happened around 1:41 p.m., that the man was stabbed by another passenger and left with life-threatening… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 24, 2026 | California Law \ Premises Liability
A house fire, a scalding shower in a rented apartment, a chemical splash at a construction site, an e-bike battery that ignites overnight — burn injuries arrive without warning, and the damage they leave behind is rarely limited to the skin. Severe burns mean weeks… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 23, 2026 | All Things Trial \ California Law
Families going through a wrongful death case almost always ask the same question at some point: how does anyone actually arrive at a number? Insurance adjusters aren’t going to explain it to you — their job is to offer as little as they can get… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 21, 2026 | California Law
On September 1, the last day of California’s legislative session, the Assembly simply didn’t call a vote. Senate Bill 492 — a last-week compromise assembled after Governor Newsom’s broader wildfire liability-shift proposal stalled — died not in defeat, but in silence. Newsom’s own role in… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 20, 2026 | California Law
Just after 6:10 a.m. Thursday, September 17, a small fishing boat carrying three people struck rocks near Lime Point, on the Marin County side of the Golden Gate Bridge, and began to capsize. The U.S. Coast Guard, San Francisco Police Department’s Marine Unit, Southern Marin… read more
John Roach, Esq. | September 19, 2026 | Attorney Tips \ California Law
Most people who’ve been seriously hurt by someone else’s carelessness hesitate before they call a lawyer, and the reason usually has nothing to do with money. They don’t want to ruin the other person’s life. They picture the driver who ran the light losing the… read more